Wichita Weather in 1979

Historical record of Wichita, Kansas weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Wichita Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 19
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 7
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	June 8
Most daily snow	4.6 inches	April 3
Total annual precipitation	28.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wichita in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Wichita, Kansas in 1979 was 101 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wichita in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 19
1	101 °F	Jul 29
1	101 °F	Jul 13
4	100 °F	Aug 7
4	100 °F	Aug 6
4	100 °F	Aug 5
4	100 °F	Jul 12
8	99 °F	Aug 29
8	99 °F	Aug 28
8	99 °F	Aug 8
8	99 °F	Jul 14
8	99 °F	Jul 3
8	99 °F	Jul 1

What was the coldest temperature in Wichita in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wichita, Kansas in 1979 was -11 °F which happened on Jan 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wichita in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	January 8
2	-9 °F	January 31
3	-7 °F	February 1
4	-6 °F	January 30
4	-6 °F	January 2
6	-5 °F	February 5
6	-5 °F	January 1
8	-4 °F	January 7
9	-3 °F	February 9
9	-3 °F	January 14

January 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	9	-5	0.00	0.0
January 2	19	-6	0.00	0.0
January 3	26	-1	0.00	0.0
January 4	17	10	0.00	0.0
January 5	10	8	0.03	1.1
January 6	17	8	0.13	1.7
January 7	18	-4	0.00	0.1
January 8	18	-11	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	28	14	0.01	0.2
January 12	32	26	0.05	0.2
January 13	29	-1	0.04	1.5
January 14	7	-3	0.00	0.0
January 15	32	2	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	21	0.87	0.0
January 19	38	27	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	28	0.02	0.1
January 21	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 22	45	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	14	0.09	3.7
January 24	29	7	0.00	0.0
January 25	35	22	0.04	0.3
January 26	33	17	0.00	0.1
January 27	20	13	0.03	0.3
January 28	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 29	14	6	0.18	2.8
January 30	14	-6	0.08	1.8
January 31	13	-9	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	-7	0.00	0.0
February 2	23	13	0.00	0.0
February 3	22	2	0.00	0.0
February 4	19	-1	0.00	0.0
February 5	17	-5	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	20	5	0.00	0.0
February 8	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 9	23	-3	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 12	30	23	0.00	0.0
February 13	32	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	34	7	0.00	0.0
February 16	10	-1	0.00	0.0
February 17	14	5	0.11	1.9
February 18	25	-1	0.00	0.0
February 19	43	13	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 22	59	37	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	47	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	60	34	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	35	0.12	0.0

March 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	53	35	0.00	0.0
March 2	58	42	1.19	0.0
March 3	48	27	0.01	0.0
March 4	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	52	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	54	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	51	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	51	33	0.20	0.8
March 10	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	73	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	71	38	0.00	0.0
March 13	63	39	0.00	0.0
March 14	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 15	52	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	49	42	0.00	0.0
March 17	57	43	0.17	0.0
March 18	67	51	1.29	0.0
March 19	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 20	57	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	69	45	0.02	0.0
March 22	66	40	1.41	0.0
March 23	46	34	0.18	0.8
March 24	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 27	56	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	73	53	0.00	0.0
March 29	80	59	0.00	0.0
March 30	65	44	0.00	0.0
March 31	59	40	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	37	0.36	0.0
April 2	44	33	0.00	0.0
April 3	39	33	0.39	4.6
April 4	51	29	0.00	0.0
April 5	71	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	75	43	0.00	0.0
April 8	65	41	0.00	0.0
April 9	60	33	0.00	0.0
April 10	60	43	0.49	0.0
April 11	65	50	0.00	0.0
April 12	61	40	0.00	0.0
April 13	66	33	0.00	0.0
April 14	75	40	0.00	0.0
April 15	81	52	0.00	0.0
April 16	82	61	0.02	0.0
April 17	80	60	0.00	0.0
April 18	62	55	0.14	0.0
April 19	72	58	0.00	0.0
April 20	66	51	0.01	0.0
April 21	69	43	0.00	0.0
April 22	75	43	0.00	0.0
April 23	73	52	0.00	0.0
April 24	77	46	0.00	0.0
April 25	71	51	0.00	0.0
April 26	67	38	0.00	0.0
April 27	61	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	61	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	65	37	0.00	0.0
April 30	72	40	0.05	0.0

May 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	46	0.00
May 2	73	51	0.98
May 3	51	45	0.19
May 4	64	45	0.02
May 5	70	38	0.00
May 6	81	53	0.00
May 7	80	62	0.00
May 8	81	67	0.00
May 9	77	68	0.00
May 10	73	45	0.83
May 11	62	35	0.00
May 12	72	40	0.01
May 13	74	46	0.00
May 14	80	50	0.00
May 15	75	58	0.00
May 16	82	57	0.00
May 17	82	59	0.00
May 18	79	61	0.31
May 19	84	63	0.00
May 20	74	62	0.71
May 21	70	58	0.00
May 22	77	52	0.00
May 23	69	50	0.00
May 24	72	45	0.00
May 25	74	44	0.00
May 26	76	57	0.00
May 27	86	54	0.00
May 28	84	61	0.00
May 29	84	63	0.00
May 30	75	59	0.00
May 31	73	51	0.00

June 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	56	0.06
June 2	78	51	0.00
June 3	83	55	0.00
June 4	93	60	0.00
June 5	91	64	0.05
June 6	89	61	0.13
June 7	89	64	0.02
June 8	73	59	2.58
June 9	73	56	0.65
June 10	79	50	0.00
June 11	83	52	0.00
June 12	87	55	0.00
June 13	97	61	0.00
June 14	97	63	0.00
June 15	95	69	0.00
June 16	93	70	0.00
June 17	90	69	0.00
June 18	92	69	0.00
June 19	88	61	0.13
June 20	91	57	0.00
June 21	96	62	0.51
June 22	88	64	1.76
June 23	83	67	0.27
June 24	76	65	0.00
June 25	81	63	0.00
June 26	86	67	0.00
June 27	92	70	0.00
June 28	92	72	0.00
June 29	92	67	0.00
June 30	87	67	0.38

July 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	99	68	0.00
July 2	97	74	0.00
July 3	99	72	0.00
July 4	98	69	0.62
July 5	80	65	0.07
July 6	78	63	0.00
July 7	79	64	0.00
July 8	96	65	0.00
July 9	91	69	0.00
July 10	95	72	0.00
July 11	95	69	0.00
July 12	100	71	0.02
July 13	101	71	0.00
July 14	99	74	0.00
July 15	90	73	0.04
July 16	90	70	0.88
July 17	82	70	0.04
July 18	83	68	0.00
July 19	83	68	0.00
July 20	86	63	0.00
July 21	89	66	0.00
July 22	90	69	0.00
July 23	84	72	0.14
July 24	93	73	0.06
July 25	90	69	0.01
July 26	92	70	0.00
July 27	92	71	0.00
July 28	98	71	0.00
July 29	101	76	0.00
July 30	96	72	0.16
July 31	81	70	0.14

August 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	63	0.00
August 2	93	66	0.00
August 3	95	69	0.00
August 4	97	72	0.00
August 5	100	71	0.00
August 6	100	74	0.00
August 7	100	76	0.00
August 8	99	74	0.00
August 9	97	74	0.00
August 10	90	64	0.30
August 11	80	59	0.00
August 12	87	55	0.00
August 13	97	63	0.00
August 14	90	60	0.00
August 15	74	56	0.04
August 16	92	62	0.02
August 17	98	71	0.00
August 18	98	72	0.01
August 19	101	71	0.21
August 20	96	67	0.00
August 21	94	65	0.00
August 22	96	61	0.00
August 23	90	62	0.00
August 24	92	64	0.00
August 25	83	66	0.00
August 26	88	67	0.00
August 27	86	62	0.00
August 28	99	65	0.00
August 29	99	73	0.09
August 30	98	75	0.00
August 31	82	70	0.00

September 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	96	67	0.00
September 2	94	70	0.00
September 3	94	68	0.00
September 4	94	66	0.00
September 5	96	69	0.00
September 6	88	65	1.05
September 7	84	65	0.00
September 8	84	59	0.00
September 9	90	59	0.00
September 10	90	60	0.00
September 11	87	56	0.00
September 12	87	60	0.00
September 13	75	55	0.00
September 14	73	48	0.00
September 15	79	44	0.00
September 16	81	47	0.00
September 17	83	48	0.00
September 18	89	53	0.00
September 19	87	56	0.00
September 20	80	61	0.00
September 21	77	51	0.00
September 22	82	46	0.00
September 23	89	54	0.00
September 24	91	62	0.32
September 25	87	64	0.17
September 26	89	59	0.00
September 27	90	66	0.00
September 28	91	57	0.00
September 29	94	54	0.00
September 30	94	58	0.00

October 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	48	0.00
October 2	85	42	0.00
October 3	73	48	0.00
October 4	70	43	0.00
October 5	87	39	0.00
October 6	82	50	0.00
October 7	92	49	0.00
October 8	95	49	0.00
October 9	63	38	0.00
October 10	76	33	0.00
October 11	92	58	0.00
October 12	75	49	0.00
October 13	58	41	0.00
October 14	70	43	0.00
October 15	78	58	0.00
October 16	77	59	0.00
October 17	78	57	0.02
October 18	85	57	0.20
October 19	86	62	0.04
October 20	92	70	0.00
October 21	88	48	0.62
October 22	56	39	0.01
October 23	66	35	0.00
October 24	74	40	0.00
October 25	77	43	0.00
October 26	80	46	0.00
October 27	71	47	0.00
October 28	71	41	0.00
October 29	72	45	0.00
October 30	66	53	2.05
October 31	53	40	0.02

November 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	53	34	0.00
November 2	55	35	0.00
November 3	59	29	0.00
November 4	65	39	0.00
November 5	53	38	0.00
November 6	44	30	0.00
November 7	43	31	0.02
November 8	45	36	0.69
November 9	45	30	0.01
November 10	38	25	0.00
November 11	42	28	0.00
November 12	49	30	0.08
November 13	54	27	0.00
November 14	59	28	0.00
November 15	64	32	0.00
November 16	65	32	0.00
November 17	68	34	0.00
November 18	68	51	0.00
November 19	68	38	0.00
November 20	61	53	1.24
November 21	58	35	0.01
November 22	42	29	0.00
November 23	46	26	0.00
November 24	52	26	0.00
November 25	50	34	0.00
November 26	50	30	0.00
November 27	46	30	0.00
November 28	33	24	0.00
November 29	34	20	0.00
November 30	44	19	0.00

December 1979 Wichita Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	39	22	0.00
December 2	39	16	0.00
December 3	50	29	0.00
December 4	64	27	0.00
December 5	55	29	0.00
December 6	57	28	0.00
December 7	55	33	0.00
December 8	46	30	0.00
December 9	56	28	0.00
December 10	64	35	0.00
December 11	59	25	0.00
December 12	28	19	0.00
December 13	49	16	0.00
December 14	46	17	0.00
December 15	49	28	0.00
December 16	28	7	0.00
December 17	34	3	0.00
December 18	57	21	0.00
December 19	61	19	0.00
December 20	57	25	0.00
December 21	60	29	0.00
December 22	64	28	0.00
December 23	44	34	0.00
December 24	51	30	0.00
December 25	57	22	0.00
December 26	53	28	0.00
December 27	53	37	0.17
December 28	38	36	1.75
December 29	37	34	0.07
December 30	42	34	0.00
December 31	45	30	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1953–2024	Wichita	location
1948–1953	Wichita	location